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Get Chad’s RAW squat training guide FREE!
Juggernaut Owner Chad Wesley Smith joined extremely elite company when he squatted 905 pounds raw. Smith’s squat broke the American Record in the 308s weight class and ranked him in the top 10 all...
View ArticleMedicine Ball Throws for Explosive Power Development
Chad and Juggernaut athlete Blake Rodgers (U of Washington bound linebacker) demonstrate some of Juggernaut’s favorite variations to build explosive strength throughout the entire body. Medicine ball...
View ArticleInterview with Olympic Gold Medalist Christine Ohuruogu
Every spring for the past 3 years, Juggernaut has been honored to play host to a contingent of athletes from Great Britain, including 2008 Olympic Gold Medalist in the 400m, Christine Ohuruogu. It is a...
View ArticleFULL Interview with 2008 Gold Medalist, Christine Ohuruogu
Every spring for the past 3 years, Juggernaut has been honored to play host to a contingent of athletes from Great Britain, including 2008 Olympic Gold Medalist in the 400m, Christine Ohuruogu. It is a...
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Bands and Boards for Chest Health and Strength
By Chad Wesley Smith Through years of heavy bench pressing and throwing the shot I often struggled with the health of my pec minors and biceps tendons. During my training for the 2011 SPF Powerstation...
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Sin City Strongman Challenge III
By Chad Wesley Smith On April 21st, I competed in the Sin City Strongman Challenge III, hosted by Nick and Callie Best. I headed out to Vegas on Friday morning and got to spend a nice relaxing day of...
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Eating for Size, Strength and Performance
There is plenty of nutrition information on the internet for people looking to get ripped or cut weight, but what about the strength athlete looking to compete at the highest levels. In the quest for...
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Why Your Hard Work Is Making You Fatter
Consistency is king, right? Everyone knows that some things work better than others, but no matter what, if you workout more, and eat healthy foods then you will lose fat, get more ‘ripped’, and...
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Programming for Crossfit: Powerlifting/Maximal Strength Development
A few weeks ago I attended a Crossfit Powerlifting Seminar at Crossfit 714 in Orange, CA as a guest presenter, where I helped out my friends Mark Bell of Supertraining Gym and Jesse Burdick of...
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Strong and Beautiful. Interview with Yessica Martinez
By Chad Wesley Smith At only 21 years old, Yessica Martinez, is quickly becoming a well known powerlifter. With PRs of 305 in the squat, 180 bench and 320 deadlift, this 132 pound weight class lifter...
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How I Would Westside
The methods used by a certain powerlifting gym in Columbus, Ohio are undoubtedly among the most popular in powerlifting and strength & conditioning today. This gym has produced some of the...
View ArticleConditioning Around Injuries
By Chad Wesley Smith Here at Juggernaut I have the awesome opportunity to work with some of the nation’s best high school football talent, many of which play for some of the state and country’s top...
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Strongman Training and Why It’s NOT for Athletes
By Chad Wesley Smith In the past few weeks as Olympic Trials have been conducted, I have seen a lot of attention being given to the Strongman training done by one of the US’s top swimmers. Check it out...
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Off Season Training and Goals
By Chad Wesley Smith With my 3rd place finish at the Europa Platinum Plus Strongman show in Connecticut a few weeks ago, I failed to earn my pro card and am forced to change my training plans a bit for...
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Juggernaut Performance Training Manual
Think of improving your performance as a pie chart, comprised of 40% Training, 40% Nutrition and 20% Recovery. Juggernaut strives to provide you with the highest quality products and training science...
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What Makes An Effective Program?
By Ryan Brown I have always hated the articles on the internet that discuss what is a good exercise and what is a bad exercise. I remember something that the Legendary Maximillion Mormont said to me a...
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You: The Only Thing That Works
There are great articles out there promising people major fat loss by making minor changes, but no real results ever happen. Why? No one is addressing the actual cause of fat gain/loss: poor hormone...
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JTS Classic: Game Day Nutrition
There are few days in the year more important than ‘Game Day’ for athletes, if any. Every month away from season is spent preparing, training, dieting, and dreaming of what will happen next season,...
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Become Your Own Nutrition Coach: Part I
Helping an athlete reach their body composition and performance goals aren’t my main areas of focus when designing a nutrition plan. Surprised? Structuring your nutrition in such a way that enables you...
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Thinking About Ditching Your Program? Read This First
“It didn’t work for me.” “I tried that high frequency squatting, man. It didn’t work for me.” “I moved my hands wider on the bench, but my press went DOWN. I guess I’m just better off with close...
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